Bulbul: The singing bird

Red Whiskered Bulbul at Aksa Beach, Malad, Mumbai

Bubul, another exotic looking bird found in a good number in Mumbai's concrete Jungle. Bulbuls are highly vocal with a very sweet voice. Well, at least the three kinds that I've seen do sing well. There is a large variety to this bird with different names such as Finsch's Bulbul, White Throated Bulbul, Puff Throated Bulbul, Brown Eared Bulbul Gray Cheeked Bulbul, White Browed Bulbul, Red Vented Bulbul and many more. You can find more information about this species here.

I've so far only seen 3 of these. Red Whiskered Bulbul, Red Vented Bulbul and White Browed Bulbul. Wish to see more types of Bulbuls soon.

Sharing some photos of Bulbuls, shot using Canon PowerShot SX50 HS.

Chameleon and the Bulbul

Hi All, it's been a long time once again since I posted anything on my blog. A few days were lost due to the damaged camera and for past few days life's been very busy. However for a change I caught up with photography again with my Canon A710 IS Digital Camera. Saw this chameleon right out side in our garden. A new visitor. Since it was hanging around there on the brownish stem of the tree, the muddy color which it had taken made it look really very ugly and creepy. I had no choice but to make it a little colorful in post production process.

Just as I pictured the chameleon standing in our balcony, the SHOW OFF bird Bulbul appeared. If you remember I had mentioned about this one in my post Egrets and the Bulbul. This bird is really a major showoff and always wants to be pictured if you're out there witha camera. Luckily once again it came very close to our balcony and sat on the thin branches, posing desperately to get pictured....

Egrets and the Bulbul

It was almost like a competition between the egrets and the red whiskered bulbul (medium-sized passerine songbirds). My wife noticed the egrets on our neighbor’s roof. There have been quite a few egret sightings after the last one that I caught on camera. On this day, there were three of them busy picking up something to eat on our neighbor’s roof. It seemed like they were really enjoying their evening snacks. Not sure but we think these guys are Little Egrets (Egretta garzetta).

After around 5-10 shots I saw a Red-whiskered Bulbul on a television cable, whistling away to glory as if to draw my attention. Since it was too far, I couldn't get a good picture even after using the complete 6X zoom of our Canon A710 IS digital camera. So, I ignored the little bird and started capturing a few more photographs of the egrets. All of a sudden the Bulbul came very close to our window and sat on the television cable long enough to allow me to click two close-up shots. In one of the photos it was looking right at the camera.

All in all it was a very good day for Bird Photography.  |  Camera Critters